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PANCREATITIS
Copyright: Ian Billinghurst
Pancreatitis means literally - "Inflammation of the Pancreas".
The Pancreas is an organ that does two things. Firstly it produces the
hormone Insulin which is involved in the regulation of blood sugar in the
body. Secondly it produces digestive enzymes. Pancreatitis is usually
seen in middle aged, sedentary overweight dogs which have spent a lifetime being fed a diet which consisted mainly of cooked and processed foods.
It is a disease of bodily degeneration. When a dog develops pancreatitis
it is because the digestive enzymes it produces, start to attack the pancreas itself instead of waiting until they reach the inside of the digestive tract where they help digest the food. In other words those enzymes in the pancreas start to digest the pancreas. This produces pain, it makes the dog feel nauseous, and so the dog often vomits and quite often bacteria move into this area causing an infection. Usually the dog will run a temperature.
The bottom line with this disease is a depressed, inactive, vomiting,
inappetent dog with a temperature and a tummy ache.
The diagnosis is made based on the above clinical signs together with the
results of blood tests.
How do we treat Pancreatitis?
The initial treatment involves'non steroidal anti-inflammatories,
antibiotics and complete rest from eating and drinking.
1] The non steroidal anti-inflammatories are given to reduce the fever,
stop the pain and to stop the pancreas digesting itself.
2] The antibiotics are given to stop any bacteria moving in to the damaged
pancreas and causing an infection.
3] No food is to be fed. The idea of this is to stop all stimulation of the
pancreas. This is because every time food is fed the pancreas starts to digest itself and the problem starts all over again. That means No water
for twelve hours and no food for 48 hours or possibly longer. The length
of time food and water is withheld depends on the severity of the attack.
Food may be withheld for up to 6 days with a very bad attack. In this case
water would also be witheld for several days and the dog would be hospitalised and fed with an intravenous drip.
Finally -- REDUCE YOUR DOG'S STRESS TO A MINIMUM. Stress is a major cause of pancreatitis, as are big fatty meals and the drug cortisone.
DIET FOR PANCREATITIS
When it is time to re-introduce food, your dog will be nice and hungry and
ready to eat just about anything. This is great because we want your dog
to start a completely new diet. The diet is designed initially to prevent
reoccurrence of the problem, and ultimately, to not only prevent
re-occurrence but to improve your dog's total health.
You must not feed...............
Cooked food, grain, fatty meals, processed food, canned or dry dog or cat
food.
WHAT YOU SHOULD BE FEEDING
1. Lots of little meals - ie small meals several times a day.
2. Lots and lots of RAW vegetables - which must be CRUSHED. ie put through a juicer or a food processor. Carrot, celery, cabbage, pumpkin etc.
3. Lean RAW minced meat - chicken, beef, kangaroo - RAW - and only in very small amounts.
4. Non fat yoghurt
5. Fruit - apples, pears, orange, banana, mango etc
6. Liver, egg, cottage cheese, sardines [in spring water] - in very small
amounts.
7. Slippery elm bark powder
8. Enzyme tablets
9. Supplements including Multi-vitamin B, vitamin E, Flax seed oil, Cod
liver oil, garlic, kelp, vitamin C and zinc.
The first water after an attack - should be little and often till
satisfied
The first food fed after an attack............
Should be 90 to 100 percent raw crushed vegetables. To this is added an
enzyme tablet -crushed and mixed through and left to stand for 10 to 15
minutes. If this is refused, add a tiny amount of one or several of the
foods from the WHAT YOU SHOULD BE FEEDING list - to make it more
interesting. That is, depending on what your dog likes, a tiny bit of
minced meat or egg etc. BUT ONLY A TINY BIT! This is a small meal. Maybe a quarter to an eighth the size of what he or she would normally eat.
Two to four hours later offer the same again. Repeat this over the next
several days. You may gradually,increase the size of these meals to about a third to a quarter of what he/she is used to eating, and reduce the
frequency to 2 or three meals a day. You may do this over a period of
everal weeks. Gradually introduce the other elements of the diet such as
the vitamins, the cod liver oil, slippery elm bark powder, the zinc, the
kelp etc.
When all is going well, and usually after a blood test has confirmed that
the pancreas is back to normal, you may start to introduce some raw meaty bones into the diet. Chicken wings/necks, shank bones, large beef bones.
THE ONGOING PANCREATITIS DIET
This is what you feed, once your dog has fully recovered from the attack.
It is designed to prevent re-occurrence of the problem, and build your dog's overall health. This diet will also help prevent problems such as heart failure, kidney disease, arthritis, cancer, diabetes and so on.
You still stick to small meals, lean meals, mostly vegetable meals and raw
non processed food meals. You continue with all the supplements etc. It
is suggested you offer two types of meals. A vegetable patty or rissole
meal, and a raw meaty bone meal. Two thirds to three quarters of the diet will be the vegetable patty or rissole meal, with one third to one quarter being the raw meaty bone meal.
THE VEGETABLE PATTY OR RISSOLE MEAL
Feed this meal two or three times a day. Feed your dog BEFORE you feed
the family so that he/she is not stressed out by wanting to eat your cooked food.
What follows now is the recipe for making the vegetable patties. You are
going to make a lot. The ones not eaten on the day are frozen for later
thawing and feeding. You are making healthy convenience food.
The patties are made from......
Three parts RAW vegetables [say one and a half kilos] which must be CRUSHED.
ie put through a juicer or a food processor. Carrot, celery, cabbage,
pumpkin etc. [Note: grating is not good enough] To this is added
One part Lean RAW minced meat - [say half a kilo] chicken, beef, kangaroo,
pork etc- RAW.
Now add some Non fat yoghurt - say a small tub.
Now add as much as you like of any ....
Fruit - apples, pears, orange, banana, mango etc..
Now add One of the following......
Liver - [say one quarter of a lambs fry], or one or two Eggs, or a couple
of tablespoons of cottage cheese, or a tin of Sardines in springwater.
Now add ....a couple of tablespoons of Slippery elm bark powder, plus 3 or
4 Enzyme tablets, [crushed and mixed through], and finally the Supplements
including:
Multi-vitamin B [2 teaspoons]
vitamin E [1000 iu],
Flax seed oil 3 dsp],
Cod liver oil, one or two tsp [feed separately if taste is a problem],
garlic [2 or 3 cloves],
kelp [2 or 3 tsp] and
zinc - twice the normal adult human daily dose.
Vitamin C - approximately 3 grams.
Note: All the ingredients must be so fine and so well mixed that your dog
cannot pick out the bits he/she likes and leave the bits he/she does not
like.
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